How to prevent panic from making permanent decisions
When fear contracts your thinking, pause before acting.
1. Notice the Trigger
What specifically feels threatened?
Income? Identity? Status? Security?
Name it.
2. Separate Survival from Ego
Is this a true survival threat —
or a discomfort of uncertainty?
Scale the risk accurately.
3. Delay Reactive Action
Scarcity urges urgency.
Urgency narrows perception.
Wait 24 hours before irreversible decisions.
4. Expand the Frame
Ask:
Will this matter in 6 months?
What options exist that I cannot see yet?
Perspective restores choice.
This distortion often links personal stress with broader economic narratives.
See also: Sacred Exchange in Times of Crisis
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Gerald Alba Daquila
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